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SMITHFIELD,
R.I. - Seeing action in just his second game this season, sophomore
Brendan Wilbur (Hingham, Mass.) scored twice, including the
game-winning goal as time expired, as the Quinnipiac University
men's lacrosse team erased a four-goal second-half deficit to
defeat Bryant, 13-12, Friday night at the Bryant Turf Complex. With
the win, the Bobcats improve to 3-4 (1-0 NEC), while the Bulldogs
fall to 3-6 (0-1 NEC). The game was the first-ever Northeast
Conference men's lacrosse league contest.

"It was
great to win the first NEC game in league history," said Quinnipiac
Head Coach Eric Fekete. "We buckled down at halftime and focused on
the adjustments we needed to make and the guys played a great
second half."

Basil
Kostaras (Southlake, Texas) had two goals and two assists for the
Bobcats, while Christian Haggerty (West Nyack, N.Y.) also added
four points with a goal and three assists. Kevin Kelly (Redding,
Conn.) contributed two goals and an assist, while Billy Alessi
(Branford, Conn.) chipped in a goal and two assists. Jake Emms
(Victoria, British Columbia) had two goals, while Jack Oppenheimer
(Conshohocken, Pa.) had a goal and an assist. Jake Glebocki
(Wilbraham, Mass.) scored his first goal of the year and Dylan
Webster (Brampton, Ontario) also found the back of the net for the
Bobcats.

Max
Weisenberg led all scorers with four goals, while Mason Poli added
two goals for the Bulldogs. Travis Harrington, Gary Crowley, Matt
Bletzer, Peter McMahon, Dan Sipperly and Trever Sipperly scored
once each for Bryant. Harrington had a team-best two assists, while
Bletzer, Crowley, JK Poirier, Poli, Evan Roberts and Weisenberg
each had one assist.

Kevin
Benzing (Severna Park, Md.) took the win in net for the Bobcats,
making eight saves. Jameson Love took the loss for Bryant, also
making eight saves.

The teams
traded pairs of goals in the early going. Bryant struck first and
led, 2-0, before the Bobcats evened the score. The Bulldogs retook
a 4-2 lead before Quinnipiac again tied the game at 4-4 at the
11:16 mark of the second quarter. Bryant closed the first half with
four straight goals to take an 8-4 lead into halftime.

The teams
exchanged goals early in the third quarter, before Quinnipiac got
four straight goals from four different players to tie the game,
9-9, on a Kostaras marker with 12:15 left in regulation. After Poli
gave Bryant a one-goal edge at the 6:05 mark, Quinnipiac scored
three straight to take a 12-10 advantage.

Glebocki got
the scoring started at the 5:49 mark. After the Bobcats won the
face-off, no one marked Glebocki and he beat Love high. Kelly gave
the Bobcats their first lead of the game at the 3:50 mark, taking a
Kostaras pass and depositing it past Love from 10 yards diagonally
out from the left post. Webster pushed the edge to two goals,
picking up the ground ball after being checked and somehow slipping
it past two defenders and Love for the 12-10 lead at the 1:39
mark.

But Poli and
Weisenberg scored at the 1:21 and 1:04 marks to tie the game at
12-12. Bryant won the next face-off and delayed for the first 40
seconds before turning it over. Quinnipiac took possession with 19
seconds left and advanced into the box with 13 seconds left, at
which time the Bobcats took timeout. Quinnipiac worked the ball
around the perimeter of the box before Wilbur released a shot from
15 yards directly in front of the net to beat Love low for the
victory.

The Bobcats
return to action Saturday, April 9, when they play host to Robert
Morris. Opening face-off from the Quinnipiac Field Hockey &
Lacrosse Turf Field is scheduled for 1 p.m.